Cole County Prosecutor declines to file charges against Greitens, again
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For the second time, Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson has declined to file charges against former Gov. Eric Greitens for his campaign’s use of a donor list from a veterans charity. This recommendation came from the Missouri Ethics Commission.
In a letter posted to their website on August 17, 2018, Executive Director Elizabeth Ziegler wrote the commission has no statutory authority to take any further action despite finding “reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of criminal law had occurred.”
A complaint filed in March 2018 by former Missouri Democratic Party chairman Roy Temple alleged the Greitens knowingly filed false campaign finance disclosure reports to the MEC.
The allegations center around an amended report showing that Daniel Laub had provided the campaign with a donor list from The Mission Continues, a veterans charity Greitens founded, as an “in-kind” contribution.
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